[Vo]:URL addr: Additional Kiplinger info on the North Dakota black gold rush

2008-03-17 Thread OrionWorks
http://www.kiplinger.com/businessresource/forecast/archive/The_U.S._Poised_to_hit_New_Oil_Gusher_080317.html or http://tinyurl.com/yqbgcd -- Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:Scaramuzzi paper

2008-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Scaramuzzi, F., Gas loading of deuterium in palladium at low temperature. J. Alloys and Compounds, 2004. 385: p. 19. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Scaramuzzigasloading.pdf - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Nanosolar efficiency 9-10%, installed cost $3/W

2008-03-17 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Message From: Michel Jullian 9 to 10% efficiency for Nanosolar's current production (they target 15% ultimately). Installed cost of 1MW German plant panels $3/W ... Well, they will tell you almost anything when, as this Company president was telling potential

Re: [Vo]:Nanosolar efficiency 9-10%, installed cost $3/W

2008-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: 9 to 10% efficiency for Nanosolar's current production (they target 15% ultimately). Installed cost of 1MW German plant panels $3/W. If they really can achieve $3/W, perhaps despite the problems described by Jones Beene, than this would be a remarkable breakthrough.

[Vo]:Capital and operating costs for different generator types

2008-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is document from 2005 that seems authoritative: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=35854 It is summarized here, in slides made by the same author, who is at Merrill Lynch: http://www.des.state.nh.us/coastal/documents/EnergyCostComparisons.pdf I think the

[Vo]:Re: Nanosolar efficiency 9-10%, installed cost $3/W

2008-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
I agree cost per watt matters more than eficiency, with the type of use they are promoting (utility scale plants on low cost land outside cities, their first installation in Germany is on a reclaimed landfill). They claim an energy payback time of a few months, and a lifetime of decades. Of

Re: [Vo]:Nanosolar efficiency 9-10%, installed cost $3/W

2008-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:29:24 -0400: Hi, [snip] Michel Jullian wrote: 9 to 10% efficiency for Nanosolar's current production (they target 15% ultimately). Installed cost of 1MW German plant panels $3/W. If they really can achieve $3/W, perhaps despite the

Re: [Vo]:Capital and operating costs for different generator types

2008-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:15:54 -0400: Hi, [snip] Coal: Capital cost: $1,200 / kW Capacity factor: 95% Fuel cost: 2.14 cents per kWh Health costs: ~5.36 cents per kWh Total cost including maintenance etc.: 10.29 cents per kWh Gas: Capital cost: $700 / kW

[Vo]:carbon capture

2008-03-17 Thread FZNIDARSIC
PCS Competitor Newswire News Source: IEEE Spectrum News Date: 03/13/2008 06:02 PM Keywords: Competitors: Other Companies: Alstom Country: USA Product: CO2 Capture Carbon Capture Starts From Coal -Plant Advances in Lab 13 March 2008—Last week, a power plant operated by

Re: [Vo]:Nanosolar efficiency 9-10%, installed cost $3/W

2008-03-17 Thread R C Macaulay
Jones wrote, The best solution for using solar is probably algae (aquaculture). Billions of years of evolution has taught those little buggers a thing or two about converting sunlight into storable energy efficiently. Sure is Jones. Consider a municipal wastewater treatment plant is a liquid